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    The Kyoto at-large district (Japanese: 京都府選挙区, Hepburn: Kyōto-fu senkyoku) is a constituency that represents Kyoto Prefecture in the House of Councillors...
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    Koji Matsui (politician) (category Mayors of Kyoto)
    politician who was elected Mayor of Kyoto in 2024. Matsui was a member of the House of Councillors from Kyoto at-large district between 2001 and 2013, as a member...
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    Kyoto (/ˈkjoʊtoʊ/; Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜːto] ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the...
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  • 1946 redistricting, the area became part of the limited voting Kyoto At-large district. Party affiliations as of election day. In 1930 and 1937, there...
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    designated red light district (yūkaku) in Kyoto. Following the outlawing of sex work in Japan, it went defunct as a red-light district in the 1950s but continued...
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    Seika (精華町, Seika-chō) is a town located in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2023[update] the town has an estimated population...
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  • 23 October 2007) was a Japanese politician. He represented the Kyoto at-large district in the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan, serving two terms...
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    years. The two-person district was called the "co-reserved seat" (the Kyoto at-large district was also called that). In the 2007 Kyoto Prefectural Assembly...
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    Akiko Kurabayashi (category Members of the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly)
    Communist Party. She represents the Kyoto at-large district. She is a former nurse. She has previously served on the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly, to which she...
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    Mukō (redirect from Mukô, Kyôto)
    Kofun [ja], the large keyhole-shaped kofun dated to 4th century, is located in the center of the hill chain. Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Nagaokakyō Mukō has...
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    important as a gateway into Kyoto. Minami-ku is more working-class than some other Kyoto districts, and includes a large population of Korean nationals...
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    Uji (redirect from Uzi, Kyoto)
    of the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Founded on March 1, 1951, Uji is between the two ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto. The city sits on...
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    Kumiyama (久御山町, Kumiyama-chō) is a town located in Kuse District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2023[update], the town has an estimated population...
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    Hitoshi Ashida (category People from Fukuchiyama, Kyoto)
    targeting two of his cabinet ministers. Ashida was born in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, the second son of politician and banker Shikanosuke Ashida. His father...
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  • Hanamachi (redirect from Kyoto hanamachi)
    regulation of the profession, and other related matters. Gion, a geisha district in Kyoto, also has a vocational school, called nyokoba. Many of the teachers...
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    Kameoka (亀岡市, Kameoka-shi) is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2022[update], the city had an estimated population of 87,518 in 29,676...
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    Geisha (section Kyoto)
    throughout Japan to the world of geisha. For example, the Gion district of Kyoto is the only district wherein the kyo-mai style of Japanese traditional dance...
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    Gion (category Geography of Kyoto)
    003496; 135.775051 Gion (祇園) is a district of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, originating as an entertainment district in the Sengoku period, in front of...
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    Maizuru (redirect from Maizuru, Kyōto)
    Maizuru (舞鶴市, Maizuru-shi) is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 28 February 2022[update], the city had an estimated population of 78,644 in 34817...
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  • Osaka and Kyoto. Following the prefecture is the municipality. For a large municipality this is the city (shi, 市). Cities that have a large enough population...
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    Gion Matsuri (category Kyoto Prefecture articles missing geocoordinate data)
    in Kyoto. Many events take place in central Kyoto and at the Yasaka Shrine, the festival's patron shrine, located in Kyoto's famous Gion district, which...
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    The Tozai Line (東西線, Tōzai-sen) is a Kyoto Municipal Subway line which runs from the southeastern area of the city (starting from Rokujizo Station), then...
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    Heian-kyō (category History of Kyoto)
    what is now the central part of Kyoto city covering an area spanning the Kadono (葛野郡, Kadono-gun) and Otagi Districts (愛宕郡, Otagi-gun) of Yamashiro Province...
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    The Kyoto International Manga Museum (京都国際マンガミュージアム, Kyōto Kokusai Manga Myūjiamu) is located in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The museum's collection includes...
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    "Eastern Capital") and relocated the Emperor from the historic capital of Kyoto to the city. The era of Tokugawa rule in Japan from 1603 to 1868 is known...
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    43 prefectures proper (県, ken), two urban prefectures (府, fu: Osaka and Kyoto), one regional prefecture (道, dō: Hokkaidō) and one metropolis (都, to: Tokyo)...
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  • Kamo (redirect from Kamo District)
    that character.) Kamo, Niigata Kamo District, Gifu Kamo District, Hiroshima Kamo District, Shizuoka Kamo, Kyoto Kamo, Okayama Kamo, Shimane Kamo, Shizuoka...
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    Otokuni District is mentioned as the seat, as well as in the Setsuyōshū. As for the shugo's mansion, at first, Yamashiro Province shugo and Kyoto shugo...
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    (Uji, Kyoto) Jisho-ji Garden (Kyoto, Kyoto) Nijō Castle Ninomaru Garden (Kyoto, Kyoto) Rokuon-ji Garden (Kyoto, Kyoto) Ryōan-ji Garden (Kyoto, Kyoto) Tenryū-ji...
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    the prefectural system was established. Omi was a neighbor of Nara and Kyoto, at the junction of western and eastern Japan. During the period 667 to 672...
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